Ring of Fate

Chapter 1000 Different Areas
Seeing the strange-looking giant mushroom man, even the veteran gamer Franka felt curious and terrified.

Oh my god, what kind of monster is this?
It is indeed something derived from the psychological shadow of a great being. I wonder if it came from Mr. Fool or the Lord of Heaven...

As similar thoughts flashed through their minds, Franca and Janna tacitly separated to the sides, one hiding in the shadows and the other disappearing.

Luo Shan had never cooperated with them in an extraordinary battle, and this was the first time they encountered a monster without a barrier. Moreover, this was not the territory of the "Shaman", and they were temporarily at a loss.

She instinctively turned around and ran back to the hall she had just been in, running so fast that she left an afterimage behind.

However, she clearly chose the pair of wooden doors behind her, but was shocked to find herself rapidly approaching the giant mushroom man whose blood-red color was dotted with white stripes.

At the same time, Franka emerged from the shadows.

She felt that the shadow where she was hiding had strangely come alive, as if it was trying to control and erode her.

The next second, she and Roxanne saw the giant mushroom man suddenly swell up, and a giant magma sword burning with light blue flames condensed in his hand.

The giant mushroom man took a step closer and chopped down the big sword in his hand that seemed to be condensed from red magma.

Franka did not dodge backwards, but instead rushed forward like lightning, lowered her body, and before the giant lava sword could chop down, she rushed to the side of the mushroom man along with the scorching heat wave.

Janna's body quickly outlined the ceiling, holding a brass revolver in her hand, aiming at the giant mushroom man's head.

boom!
The giant mushroom man struck the inexperienced Roshan with his sword, shattering the "painter" like a mirror.

The "mirror substitute" that Janna and Franca had made for Roxanne finally came in handy.

The giant magma sword did not stop after smashing Roshan into pieces. It slammed heavily onto the floor of the corridor, creating a number of light blue sulfur fireballs.

Rumble!
As soon as Janna pulled the trigger and shot a yellow bullet at the giant mushroom man's head, she was engulfed in the chain reaction explosion.

Most of the corridor, including Franka and the giant mushroom man himself, were affected by the explosion caused by a dozen sulfur fireballs.

Franka and Janna passively triggered the "mirror stand-in". Their bodies first became thinner, then cracks appeared, and finally they collapsed into pieces.

When the violent storm in the narrow environment subsided, the figures of Franka, Janna and Roxanne were outlined at the place where the giant mushroom man originally stood, which was at the end of the corridor, next to the other double wooden doors.

They saw that the giant mushroom man's head was half deflated, with dark red blood, white mycelium and tiny spores flowing out. They also saw that its body was torn into large wounds by the explosion, with both mycelium and flesh and blood inside.

As the flesh and blood squirmed and the mycelium grew, the giant mushroom man's wounds quickly healed.

Seeing this, Franca's scalp tingled. She turned around, pushed open the door, and rushed out of the corridor.

She felt that fighting in such a narrow environment was not very favorable for her and others, and the terrifying mushroom people with exaggerated self-healing abilities and explosive means were obviously more like fish in water!
So, she had to escape from here, firstly to try to get rid of the giant mushroom man, and secondly to find a scene that was more suitable for the battle between the "witch" and the "painter".

Janna didn't hesitate and followed Franca.

Roshan, who thought she was going to die, was surprised that the "mirror substitute" was really useful. On the other hand, she had gained experience and chose to imitate the behavior of Rov and Janna.

The three of them quickly passed through the open door and came to the new dim corridor.

Behind them, the two halves of the wooden door swayed several times and finally closed completely.

As Franka walked forward, she watched warily to see if the giant mushroom man was chasing her, but she found that there was dead silence behind the door, with no movement at all.

"Uh... each psychological shadow only operates in a fixed area?" Franka slowed down and made a guess based on her experience and imagination.

Janna nodded, looked around and said:

“What we need to be wary of now is the psychological shadow of this area?”

"What psychological shadow?" Luo Shan looked puzzled.

"A monster similar to the mushroom man just now." Franka explained simply.

Luo Shan's eyes turned slightly, and she blurted out:
"The monster that Zhou Mingrui turned into due to psychological trauma?"

Very smart... Franka thought for a moment and said:
"It also includes the psychological shadow of evil forces."

Luo Shan was silent for two seconds, and was about to say something when she suddenly started coughing.

"Ahem..." She said after a pause, "Why do I feel like I'm suddenly sick?"

"Disease"? That mushroom man can also create occult pathogens? Franka and I are both "Witches of Pain" and have a certain resistance to the "disease" ability. We will not be infected after a short contact, but Luo Shan is not like that. Is there a symptom? The symptoms appeared very quickly. This is not the level of Sequence 7... After Zhou Mingrui was stimulated, the power level of the Dream City changed, and this started from the underground part of Mushu Hospital. The outside world has not yet reflected it? Janna vaguely understood the reason and took out a bottle of healing potion from her "traveler's bag".

She was not in a hurry to provide treatment for Luo Shan, but asked thoughtfully:

"Can you draw yourself a special medicine?"

Even if the drawn medicine has a duration of effect, it can still truly cure the disease - as long as all the occult pathogens are killed before the effect disappears!
At this time, Franka also figured out the reason and muttered:

“Isn’t that mushroom man too scary?
"What kind of monster is this!"

Luo Shan felt her forehead getting hot. She shook her head and said:

"I don't know what disease this is specifically, nor do I know what medicine to draw to treat it."

"Then drink this." Janna handed the healing potion in her hand to Roshan.

——She and Franka always kept two bottles of healing potions on them, and the ones they had consumed before were either from Lumian or replenished by Lumian.

After experiencing the substitute death incident, Roshan had great trust in Franca and Janna. She took the healing potion, unscrewed the lid, and drank it down.

It took only a dozen seconds, and she blinked and said:
"It seems like everything is fine now, the illness has healed...

"How amazing!"

"Your painting ability is also amazing." Franca said modestly, pointing to the end of the current corridor, "Let's continue forward. We must find the elevator as soon as possible, otherwise we really don't know what we will encounter..."

She was still frightened of the giant mushroom man.

Janna and Roxanne did the same, quickening their pace and following behind Franca.

They had just taken two or three steps when the double wooden doors at the end of the corridor suddenly opened back.

Franka and Janna used "Invisibility" reflexively, and then thought about how to help Roxanne hide.

Luo Shan had already adapted to the current situation. She took a pencil and drew a simple, inconspicuous, child-like door on the side wall in just two seconds.

This door had no sign and led nowhere, so Luo Shan reached out and touched the handle, then pulled it back suddenly.

The freshly painted door on the wall magically opened, revealing a dark area the size of Room 2303's bathroom.

Luo Shan hid inside and carefully closed the paper-like door.

Only a few inconspicuous pencil marks shaped like doors were left on the surface of the wall.

At this time, the double doors at the end of the corridor were fully opened, and a nurse wearing light blue clothes and a white mask pushed a transfer bed and slowly entered the current area.

Franca held her breath and looked at the nurse and the transfer bed.

She saw that the nurse's eyes were empty and wooden, yet seemed to conceal deep malice. She saw that the transfer bed was covered with a thin blanket, but there was no patient or corpse sleeping on it.

What made Franca feel a chill on the back of her neck was that the thin blanket seemed to be bulging, but there was clearly nothing underneath it.

Covered by an invisible object? Franka and Janna pressed their backs tightly against the side wall, trying to increase the distance between themselves and the caregivers and the transfer bed.

Amid the sound of wheels rolling through the cracks in the floor, the caregiver maintained a slow and stiff posture and pushed the transfer bed between Franka and Janna, pushing it towards the double wooden doors leading to the corridor where the giant mushroom man lived.

It was not until the transfer bed pushed open the door, slowly left the current area, and disappeared from their sight that Franka and Janna ended their "invisibility" and returned to the center of the corridor.

Luo Shan also opened the door on the wall and jumped out lightly.

She didn't forget to "close the door".

"How did you know you could come out?" Janna asked, wanting to knock on the door.

Luo Shan raised the pencil in her hand and said with a smile:

“I drew a peep hole in it.”

"Well, let's continue looking for the elevator." Franka took the lead without hesitation.

Just as they reached the exit at the end of the corridor, the double doors suddenly opened backwards.

It was opened again, when Franca, Janna and Roxanne were less than three meters away from it.

…………

Mushu Hospital, Emergency Center.

Based on his last experience of seeing a doctor, Zhou Mingrui described the symptoms of acute gastroenteritis and successfully obtained a test order from the doctor.

He took the form, turned into the right aisle, and went to the emergency room for blood drawing.

While waiting for his number to be called at the blood drawing area, he held his stomach, pretending that he could not bear it any longer, and quickly left the place, entered the lobby on the first floor, and walked towards the nearest public restroom.

During the process, he naturally looked around to see if he could find any details that were wrong.

——He had been in the emergency center before and found nothing.

The nearest public restroom was adjacent to elevators 6 to 10. Under the dim light, Zhou Mingrui quickly walked into the elevator room.

He pressed "up" and "down" at the same time and observed the operation of the elevator.

Soon, two elevators arrived at the first floor and opened their doors almost at the same time.

Zhou Mingrui looked left and right and found that there was nothing unusual about the elevator going up, but the one going down gave him a feeling like it was leading to hell and the source of fear.

"Is the problem with Mushu Hospital underground?" Zhou Mingrui muttered to himself silently.

(End of this chapter)